#slipper

If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. ↗

— John Bunyan

#foot #golden #minds #more #our

Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy. ↗

— Michael Gambon

#bit #costume #could #floating #hardly

Ideas are elusive, slippery things. Best to keep a pad of paper and a pencil at your bedside, so you can stab them during the night before they get away. ↗

— Earl Nightingale

#bedside #before #best #during #elusive

Never bend the rules. You bend the rules a little bit and then it's a slippery slope. ↗

— Thomas Peterffy

#bit #little #little bit #never #rules

Richard Chamberlain on The Slipper and the Rose was lovely to work with. He wore the clothes so beautifully and sang his songs so well. ↗

— Julie Harris

#chamberlain #clothes #his #lovely #richard

Well I ain't Dr. Phil, but I'm smart," she said. "And your shoes are cuter than his," I said, trying to sound at least semi-normal. "Yeah they remind me of Dorothy's ruby slippers, only mine are wedges 'cause I'm more fashion conscious than she was. ↗

— P.C. Cast

#dr-phil #funny #hidden #house-of-night #kramisha

I'm jealous of your hooks," Kevin replied. "Having no hands is better than having two equally strong hands." Don't be ridiculous," one of the white-faced women replied. "Having a white face is worse than both of your situations." But you have a white face because you put makeup on," Colette said, as Sunny climbed back out of the trunk and knelt down in the snow. "You're putting powder on your face right now. ↗

— Lemony Snicket

#funny #humor #lemony #slippery-slope #snicket

I liked The Slipper and the Rose, as I have already mentioned, because it was such a lovely film to do. ↗

— Julie Harris

#because #film #i #liked #lovely

No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. ↗

— Henry Adams

#man #mean #means #say #says

When are we going to say cancer is cured? I'm not sure when that will happen, if that will happen because cancer is a very slippery disease and it involves a vast number of cells in the body and those cells are continually mutating. ↗

— David Baltimore

#body #cancer #cells #continually #cured